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Airlines wouldn't exist in the "free market". Are you arguing that air travel has no net value?
by coreymull 16y ago
Airlines wouldn't exist in the "free market". Are you arguing that air travel has no net value?
- influx 16y agoCitation needed, Southwest is quite profitable, can you explain what they are getting in subsidies (I just may be unfamiliar with your argument).
- randallsquared 16y agoI'm willing to entertain the argument, though I'm not familiar with any arguments that airlines are inherently unprofitable without using force on someone.
- stinkytaco 16y agoDepends on where you are. Airlines wouldn't fly into rural North Dakota because it would simply not be worth their while. That doesn't mean that people supporting energy and agricultural production don't need to fly. If you weren't subsidizing them with your tax dollars, you would be with your airline tickets. This would probably lead to fewer people flying, less tourism dollars, etc. thus requiring the government to come in and subsidize them again :) If you took the government out of the airline industry now, the country would look very different.